New widget style

Alexander Neundorf neundorf at kde.org
Tue Jul 6 20:40:22 BST 2004


On Tuesday 06 July 2004 02:03, David Johnson wrote:
> I have a widget style (phase) that I would like to include in kdeartwork
> after the freeze. It is a simple look with low key gradients, like
> Highcolor Classic is. It can be found at
> http://www.kde-look.org/content/show.php?content=11402.

Nice :-)
Although it looks a bit like a mixture from keramik, plastik and high color 
kde 2 default.

> Besides posting here to see what people think of this style, I'm also
> wondering about KDE 4.0. Will this use Qt 4.0? 

Yes.

> I asking because "A Taste of Qt 4" seems to indicate that they're
> redoing the style mechanism. Specifically, "desktop applications are
> moving away from standard widgets and styles towards more customized

...yes, sounds all very interesting :-)

> user interfaces. Qt 4 will support this modern user interface
> approach". What does this mean for KDE styles? Is this another name for
> skins? The new paint engine might also have an impact on styles.
>
> Does anyone have any links to Qt4 snapshots or documentation so I can
> take a closer look?

There will be first previews/alphas of Qt 4 in the next month, then we will 
know more.

Bye
Alex
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